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Up and Down the Hill

Friday, January 19, 2007

On our next program, the second “Hundred Hours” of the Democratic Congress: Nancy Pelosi and the House of Representatives have passed all six bills in the first “100 Hours” agenda – what comes next? Village Voice gossip columnist Michael Musto discusses his new book. A discussion about under secretary of defense Charles Stimson's criticism of pro bono work on behalf of Guantanamo detainees. Also, listener calls about Stephen Colbert selling out, and cheerleaders rooting on female sports teams.

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Up and Down the Hill

Jodi Schneider, economic editor at the Congressional Quarterly
and
Gail Russell Chaddock, staff writer and congressional correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor
- recap news from Capitol Hill and looks ahead to the next "100 hours"

When Gossip and Politics Collide

Michael Musto, entertainment columnist at the Village Voice and author, La Dolce Musto: Writings by the World's Most Outrageous Columnist (Carroll & Graf, 2007)
- on combining entertainment and activism

Pro Bono, Publico?

Anant Raut, litigator at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP,
provided habeas representation for detainees in Guantanamo Bay for the past year
then
Robert L. Pollock, member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board
then
Michael Ratner, president at the Center for Constitutional Rights
then
John Blackman, partner at Cleary Gottlieb
then
Douglas Kmiec, chair and professor of constitutional law at the Pepperdine University School of Law
and
Mark Alcott, president of the New York Bar Association and senior litigation partner in the New York City law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
- comment on under secretary of defense Charles Stimson's criticism of corporate law firms' pro bono work on behalf of Gunatanamo detainees